Monday, Oct. 20 A new temporary Nuns’ Island bridge opens to traffic. Home daycare workers throughout the province go on a one-day strike. Hearings begin on Quebec’s controversial health care reform bill. The Quebec government inaugurates a new segment of Highway 5 in the Gatineau region. Westmount’s Eugenie Bouchard is one of the Top 8 […]

What a sorry, sorry year it was on the business beat. The pitiful state of Montreal infrastructure was perhaps best symbolized by that giant steel Band-Aid dispatched in haste to patch up the ramshackle Champlain Bridge, merely a vital link in the regional transportation chain.

Canadian debt loads grew at their fastest pace in two years during the summer, according to a report released Wednesday — an alarming rate given that officials continue to warn consumers that household spending is out of control.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market is likely in for a lacklustre showing this week as disappointments over the quarterly earnings season pile up and traders exercise caution ahead of a U.S. election too close to call.

OTTAWA — Canada’s inflation rate tumbled to its lowest level in almost two years last month, falling to 1.2 per cent as Canadians paid less for gasoline, video equipment and some types of clothing, while price gains in many other consumer goods moderated.

What is a normal level for interest rates? It’s a good question, especially given the frequency with which Canadians are reminded to not grow accustomed to today’s ultra-low interest rate environment, as eventually they will have to be raised to a more neutral level.

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